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dew worm

[doo-wurm, dyoo-]

dew-worm

[doo-wurm, dyoo-]
noun Chiefly Inland North and Canadian.
the common earthworm.
Also, dew worm.


Origin:
before 1000; Old English dēaw-wyrm (not recorded in ME); see dew, worm


See earthworm.

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dew worm

noun
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers 
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